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Advice needed regarding blued barrel rifles

I'm considering a browning xbolt hunter in .270 for my rifle this fall that ill use on any Colorado or New Mexico elk or mule deer hunts. It will probably only be my go to for one year as I'm planning on getting something custom in a 30 cal variant that's stainless steel for using next yr and after. My concern is whether that matte blued barrel will be too susceptible to rusting. Thoughts?

Wipe it down with a rag full of WD40. It displaces water. Will do fine on the matte finish.

Colorado Cowboy
Cowboy Action Shooter; Endowment Life Member-NRA
The Original Rocket Scientist-Retired
"My Father always considered a walk in the mountains as the equivalent of church going."
Aldous Huxley

Maybe..... When you have taken the action out of the stock (assuming you have), did you look carefully at the inleting? I assume the stock is solid walnut, so if there was any bare wood inside the stock, it can and will absorb water if it gets wet or the air is too humid. I have made several hundred stocks and I ALWAYS put finish on the inside of the stock to seal it. If the stock is a laminate, you won't have any problem, same for composite stocks.

Colorado Cowboy
Cowboy Action Shooter; Endowment Life Member-NRA
The Original Rocket Scientist-Retired
"My Father always considered a walk in the mountains as the equivalent of church going."
Aldous Huxley